The appearance had a black colored body with a finger of light brown head. The smell had a light bitter chocolate, coffee with some sweet roasted malts. The taste was sweet through previously mentioned flavors, slightly roasty. The palate sat about at a medium, fairly sessionable, dry bitter aftertaste and finish. Overall, this was good for the style and good for me. I also was able to make a decent Black & Tan with the Pumpkinhead.

This stout pours a black color with a fairly thin, brown, foamy head. The smell is fairly strongly of roast barley with hints of molasses. The taste matches up pretty much exactly with the scent. Roast barley come boldly to the forefront with some molasses flavor in the back seat and maybe a hint of dark chocolate there too. The finish is fairly dry. The flavor is pleasant if a bit lacking in complexity. My main criticism of this stout though would be with the body, which is far lighter than preeminent stouts. This is a stout that could possibly be appreciated by people that don’t particularly like stouts because of their heaviness. Stouts are one of my favorite beers, however, largely because of their heaviness, so even though this is quite pleasant to drink I can’t say it is one of my favorite examples of the style.